Sue Jones

Manitoba has issued a flood warning for the province’s Red River Valley, from the southern community of Emerson near the United States border up to the Red River Floodway inlet just south of Winnipeg.Water pools on the roadways in East St. Paul northeast of Winnipeg on Sunday. (Radjaa Abdelsadok/SRC)Manitoba has issued a flood warning for…

Bill Murtagh, a space weather forecaster with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the U.S., says more displays of the aurora borealis will be visible in B.C. before the solar maximum in 2025.The aurora borealis over Pressy Lake in 100 Mile House, B.C. Bill Murtagh of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the U.S. says the…

“Because we see … our neighbours being able to achieve that, we have the sense that also Inuit in Nunavut should and could be able to achieve that,” said Aluki Kotierk, the president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.Peter Olsen, Greenland’s minister of education, culture, sports and church, says local languages are strongly present in primary schools.…

The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the FDA page with…

Five years ago, three-year-old Jordin Du Preez was fed a polony sandwich at her preschool. The Tiger Brand’s polony in the sandwich was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and nearly killed Jordin and her classmates and left them with debilitating health consequences. The Tiger Brands polony listeriosis outbreak began at the start of 2017 and was officially…

The number of Campylobacter infections were not impacted by public health measures taken due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to French surveillance. Data published by Santé publique France comes from the National Reference Center (CNR) for Campylobacter and Helicobacter as well as outbreak notifications. A decrease in the number of strains compared to previous years…

This pricey yet powerful dryer from Dyson is really in a class of its own. It’s one of the quietest options you can buy, and many people rave about the sub-10-minute dry time. Understandably, it was the most popular hair dryer on our list by far, which our panel of hairstylists credited to its fast-drying…

When I google “DNA diet,” the first thing I see are four ads for various companies making vague claims about using genetic test results to create individualized food recommendations. These businesses are part of the growing personalized nutrition (or “precision nutrition”) trend, in which consumers are being sold wellness plans and/or products based on their…

If you’re looking to get a smooth shave without any redness, ingrown hair, or irritation, you know how important the addition of the best shaving creams for women can be. Not only can the best shaving creams and gels help deal with sensitive skin, but they can also help you to get a close shave,…

Mohamedou Ould Slahi is suing the federal government for its alleged role in his 14-year detention in Guantanamo Bay.Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who wrote a best-selling book about his experiences in the U.S. military prison, is shown in October 2016, after he was reunited with his family in his native Mauritania.…